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Anger and Forgiveness: Resentment, Generosity, Justice by Martha C. Nussbaum
RRP: $27.43$19.91Anger is not just ubiquitous, it is also popular. Many people think it is impossible to care sufficiently for justice without anger at injustice. Many believe that it is impossible for individuals to vindicate their own self-respect or to move beyond an... -
Thoughtfulness and the Rule of Law by Jeremy Waldron 9780674290778
$52.33An essential study of the rule of law by one of the world's leading liberal political and legal philosophers.The meaning and value of the rule of law have been debated since antiquity. For many, the rule of law has become the essence of good government... -
Corpsing: My Body and Other Horror Shows by Sophie White 9781916291461
RRP: $22.28$14.89"It's extraordinary. Painful, powerful, visceral and spiritual. A remarkable book.' - Marian Keyes Nora Ephron meets Bram Stoker in Sophie White's vivid and ambitious literary non-fiction collection. White asks uncomfortable questions about the... -
How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen by David Brooks
RRP: $54.89$32.61Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593793657Author David BrooksFormat PaperbackPage Count 432Imprint Random House Large PrintPublisher Diversified PublishingWeight(grams)... -
Contemporary Metaethics: An Introduction by Alexander Miller 9780745646596
RRP: $39.43$34.58This new edition of Alexander Miller's highly readable introduction to contemporary metaethics provides a critical overview of the main arguments and themes in twentieth- and twenty-first-century contemporary metaethics. Miller traces the development of... -
The Last Walk: Reflections on Our Pets at the End of Their Lives by Jessica Pierce 9780226668468
RRP: $39.45$37.96From the moment when we first open our homes - and our hearts - to a new pet, we know that one day we will have to watch this beloved animal age and die. The pain of that eventual separation is the cruel corollary to the love we share with them, and most... -
Ethics 101: From Altruism and Utilitarianism to Bioethics and Political Ethics, an Exploration of the Concepts of Right and Wrong by Brian Boone 9781507204931
RRP: $29.14$19.67Explore the mysteries of morality and the concept of right and wrong with this accessible, engaging guide featuring basic facts along with an overview of modern-day issues ranging from business ethics and bioethics to political and social ethics.Ethics... -
How to Save the West: Ancient Wisdom for 5 Modern Crises by Spencer Klavan
RRP: $37.74$26.79A book to let you know you're not alone: the wisdom of the ages can guide us through the struggles of the present. The fate of our civilisation depends on whether ordinary people internalise the truth and beauty conveyed in the masterpieces of Western... -
Ethics Matters by Charlotte Vardy
RRP: $36.00$23.77How do we know the difference between right and wrong? How can we make decisions about issues from germ-line genetic engineering to the regulation of banking, from nuclear power to ethnic bioweapons, from end-of-life care to global warming? What does it... -
Moral Essays: v. 1: De Providentia De Constantiade Ira De Cementia by Lucius Annaeus Seneca
$40.12Topics in Stoicism.Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, born at Corduba (Cordova) ca. 4 BC, of a prominent and wealthy family, spent an ailing childhood and youth at Rome in an aunt's care. He became famous in rhetoric, philosophy, money-making, and imperial service... -
The Moral Law: Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals by Immanuel Kant
RRP: $22.28$20.48Few books have had as great an impact on intellectual history as Kant's The Moral Law. In its short compass one of the greatest minds in the history of philosophy attempts to identify the fundamental principle 'morality' that governs human action... -
Memorabilia. Oeconomicus. Symposium. Apology by Xenophon
$40.12Socrates without Plato.Xenophon (ca. 430 to ca. 354 BC), a member of a wealthy but politically quietist Athenian family and an admirer of Socrates, left Athens in 401 BC to serve as a mercenary commander for Cyrus the Younger of Persia, then joined the... -
The Theology of Liberalism: Political Philosophy and the Justice of God by Eric Nelson 9780674240940
$37.99One of our most important political theorists pulls the philosophical rug out from under modern liberalism, then tries to place it on a more secure footing.We think of modern liberalism as the novel product of a world reinvented on a secular basis after... -
Metaethics: An Introduction by Andrew Fisher 9781844652587
RRP: $75.46$65.94Do moral facts exist? What would they be like if they did? What does it mean to say that a moral claim is true? What is the link between moral judgement and motivation? Can we know whether something is right and wrong? Is morality a fiction? Metaethics:... -
The Shame Machine: Who Profits in the New Age of Humiliation by Cathy O'Neil 9781802060317
RRP: $22.28$15.59A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR Shame is being weaponized by governments and corporations to attack the most vulnerable. It's time to fight backShame is a powerful and sometimes useful tool. When we publicly shame corrupt politicians, abusive celebrities, or... -
Strangers Drowning: Voyages to the Brink of Moral Extremity by Larissa MacFarquhar
RRP: $18.85$13.33SUNDAY TIMES and GUARDIAN BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2015What does it mean to devote yourself wholly to helping others? In Strangers Drowning, Larissa MacFarquhar seeks out people living lives of extreme ethical commitment, and tells their intimate stories: their... -
Midlife: A Philosophical Guide by Kieran Setiya 9780691173931
$25.94Philosophical wisdom and practical advice for overcoming the problems of middle age How can you reconcile yourself with the lives you will never lead, with possibilities foreclosed, and with nostalgia for lost youth? How can you accept the failings of... -
Critical Terms for Animal Studies by Lori Gruen
RRP: $48.03$46.98Animal Studies is a rapidly growing interdisciplinary field devoted to examining, understanding, and critically evaluating the complex relationships between humans and other animals. Scholarship in Animal Studies draws on a variety of methodologies to... -
Law Is a Moral Practice by Scott Hershovitz 9780674258556
$47.02A powerful argument for the essential role of morality in law, getting at the heart of key debates in public life.What is law? And how does it relate to morality? It's common to think that law and morality are different ways of regulating our lives. But... -
The Paradox of Love by Pascal Bruckner 9780691149141
$42.47The sexual revolution is justly celebrated for the freedoms it brought--birth control, the decriminalization of abortion, the liberalization of divorce, greater equality between the sexes, women's massive entry into the workforce, and more tolerance of... -
Moral Essays: v. 2 by Lucius Annaeus Seneca
$40.12Topics in Stoicism.Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, born at Corduba (Cordova) ca. 4 BC, of a prominent and wealthy family, spent an ailing childhood and youth at Rome in an aunt's care. He became famous in rhetoric, philosophy, money-making, and imperial ... -
The Question Concerning Technology: And Other Essays by Martin Heidegger
RRP: $30.86$20.39Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062290700Author Martin HeideggerFormat PaperbackImprint Harper PerennialPublisher Harper PerennialWeight(grams) 181g -
Treated Like Animals: Improving the Lives of the Creatures We Own, Eat and Use by Alick Simmons
RRP: $34.29$28.17You don't have to be an animal rights activist to take an interest in how we treat other creatures. All of us, with few exceptions, use animals in some way: for food, research, recreation and companionship. In Britain we eat around a billion chickens... -
Pedagogy of Freedom: Ethics, Democracy, and Civic Courage by Paulo Freire
$23.40In Pedagogy of Freedom Paulo Freire travels ever more deeply into the territory where learning and activism are the essence of human life. This profound new book shows why an engaged way of learning and teaching is central to the creation of the... -
Kabbalistic Panpsychism - The Enigma of Consciousness in Jewish Mystical Thought by Hyman M. Schipper
RRP: $24.00$21.01From a scientific and philosophical point of view, there is arguably no phenomenon as intractable as the origin and nature of consciousness. This volume provides a comprehensive account of the Kabbalistic understanding of consciousness adduced from... -
Stop Being Reasonable: six stories of how we really change our minds by Eleanor Gordon-Smith 9781912854141
RRP: $25.71$16.81What if you aren't who you think you are? What if you don't really know the people closest to you? And what if your most deeply-held beliefs turn out to be ... wrong? In Stop Being Reasonable, philosopher and journalist Eleanor Gordon-Smith... -
Postmodern Ethics by Zygmunt Bauman 9780631186939
RRP: $56.52$49.98Zygmunt Bauman's powerful and persuasive study of the postmodern perspective on ethics is particularly welcome. For Bauman the great issues of ethics have lost none of their topicality: they simply need to be seen, and dealt with, in a wholly new way... -
The Ethics Toolkit: A Compendium of Ethical Concepts and Methods by Julian Baggini 9781405132312 [USED COPY]
RRP: $34.22$17.19Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Provocations: Spiritual Writings of Kierkegaard by Soren Kierkegaard 9780874866438
RRP: $25.71$16.95The most accessible Kierkegaard reader ever "In a culture awash in religious silliness, Kierkegaard's bracing metaphors expose our mediocrities and energize us with a clarified sense of what it means to follow Jesus." -Eugene Peterson, author,... -
The Time of the Black Jaguar: An Offering of Indigenous Wisdom for the Continuity of Life on Earth by Arkan Lushwala
RRP: $24.01$21.06Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780615681818Author Arkan LushwalaFormat PaperbackPage Count 188Imprint Arkan LushwalaPublisher Arkan LushwalaWeight(grams) 209gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm... -
Stop Being Reasonable: six stories of how we really change our minds by Eleanor Gordon-Smith 9781912854141 [USED COPY]
RRP: $25.71$4.96Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Critique of Forms of Life by Rahel Jaeggi
$57.63For many liberals, the question "Do others live rightly?" feels inappropriate. Liberalism seems to demand a follow-up question: "Who am I to judge?" Peaceful coexistence, in this view, is predicated on restraint from morally evaluating our peers. But... -
The Theory of Moral Sentiments by Adam Smith 9780865970120
$16.09Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780865970120Author Adam SmithFormat PaperbackPage Count 422Imprint Liberty Fund IncPublisher Liberty Fund IncWeight(grams) 682g -
Plato's Epistemology: Being and Seeming by Jessica Moss 9780198867401
$182.80Plato's Epistemology: Being and Seeming presents an original interpretation of one of the central topics in Plato's work: epistemology. Jessica Moss argues that Plato's epistemology is radically different from our own. Going against the grain of... -
Epistulae Morales: v. 1: Letters I-LXV by Lucius Annaeus Seneca
$40.12Meditative missives.Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, born at Corduba (Cordova) ca. 4 BC, of a prominent and wealthy family, spent an ailing childhood and youth at Rome in an aunt's care. He became famous in rhetoric, philosophy, money-making, and imperial service... -
Meditations (Collins Classics) by Marcus Aurelius
RRP: $11.99$8.23HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. Our life is what our thoughts make it The extraordinary writings of Marcus Aurelius (AD 121-180), the only Roman emperor to have also been a... -
The Elements of Law Natural and Politic. Part I: Human Nature; Part II: De Corpore Politico: with Three Lives by Thomas Hobbes
RRP: $17.14$12.20`the state of men without civil society (which state we may properly call the state of nature) is nothing else but a mere war of all against all.' Thomas Hobbes was the first great philosopher to write in English. His account of the human condition,... -
Nietzsche, the Aristocratic Rebel: Intellectual Biography and Critical Balance-Sheet by Domenico Losurdo
RRP: $111.49$75.63Perhaps no philosopher is more of a conundrum than Nietzsche, the solitary rebel, poet, wayfarer, anti-revolutionary Aufklarer and theorist of aristocratic radicalism. His accusers identify in his 'superman' the origins of Nazism, and thus issue an... -
Critical Realism: an Introduction to Roy Bhaskar's Philosophy by Andrew Collier 9780860916024
RRP: $42.80$31.41The work of Roy Bhaskar has had far-reaching effects in the philosophy of science and for political and moral theories of human emancipation. It shows how to overcome the atomistic and narrowly human-centered approaches which have dominated European... -
The Age of Questions: Or, A First Attempt at an Aggregate History of the Eastern, Social, Woman, American, Jewish, Polish, Bullion, Tuberculosis, and Many Other Questions over the Nineteenth Century, and Beyond by Holly Case
$37.39A groundbreaking history of the Big Questions that dominated the nineteenth centuryIn the early nineteenth century, a new age began: the age of questions. In the Eastern and Belgian questions, as much as in the slavery, worker, social, woman, and Jewish...